Artfully Designed and Crafted Boats since 1978
Plans and Kits
Start with our precision CNC-cut hull kits and build out from there. For the adventurous woodsmith, we have plans available to guide you through a build you can truly call your own.
Devlin Custom Built Boats
Sam and his team of top-notch craftsmen can design and build the boat of your dreams. Literally. Dream it up, and they can deliver it in every detail.
Devlin Designing Boatbuilders
2424 Gravelly Beach Loop NW
Olympia, WA 98502
360-866-0164
Downloaded Plans Purchasers! Read this first.
Camarone 40 – The Perfect Motorsailer!
Sam’s newest Passagemaker Magazine article (September Issue) describes the fan-tailed ocean capable motorsailer – Camarone 40. Read more about the design clients’ ambitious goals and how this 40 foot boat will be their home base once built for the next several years.
Litl Coot 19 Plans Sale – 20% off All Construction Plans !!!
To celebrate Phil McCowin’s just completred Lit’l Coot 19 build and his experience in the Salish 100 Cruise we offer all Lit’l Coot 19 Construction Plans at 20% off!
Bundled Downloadable Construction Plans Sale – Candlefish 16 and Candlefish 16 Casting Deck together at 25% off the Regular Price!
Two fishing boat versions that are easy to trailer and launch. One with a large raised deck forward and the other with more conventional seating – both with a great hull form and plenty of covered on board storage.
Bundled Downloadable Construction Plans Sale – Candlefish 13 & Oolichan 13 Plans together for One Low Price!
First time product offering – The Bundle Package – Candlefish 13 and the Oolichan 13 downloadable construction plans together for one low price!
Homebuilder from Montreal!
Welcome Mikael Baillarge’s beautifully painted Guppy home built in Montreal!
Moon River – the Building Process
Join Sam Devlin as he takes you through the complete process of building the beautiful cruiser “Moon River”.
Featured Design
Candlefish 16
The Candlefish 16 is a burdensome fishing skiff. Deep and seaworthy, it is wonderfully suited to life in our changeable weather and strong tides.
Getting Started
Polliwog 8
The Polliwog is a great entry into wooden boat building! With the Polliwog, we offer the amateur builder the opportunity to build a lightweight and strong dinghy or tender.
Power Cruisers
Sailboats
Fishing Boats
Work Boats
Duckboats
Rowing & Paddling
About Devlin Boat Builders
This is where we encompass over forty years of focused development on a wide range of designs and the boating experiences they deliver, a uniquely evolved set of techniques to ensure a high quality, enduring vessel, and a sense of classic nautical design that manages to anchor in tradition while bringing the best of modern technology into your next boat.
Also, we invite you to register on the site and join the Devlin family discussion as we all find our way into the best of boating experiences on a Devlin designed boat.
